Welcome to the myiris exclusive information
kiosk for Non Resident Indians. You will find here complete information
on investment opportunities, special schemes available for NRIs, tax
issues and snippets of news around the world of NRIs.

Am
I a non-resident Indian?

I am a foreign citizen but my roots are in
India….A foreign citizen will be regarded as a Person of Indian Origin
(PIO) if he at any time held an Indian passport or if his parents
or grand parents are citizens of India, as defined in the Constitution
of India.

Indian citizens who stay abroad for employment or for carrying on any business or vocation or for any other purpose in circumstances indicating an indefinite period of stay outside India. Indian citizens working abroad on assignments with foreign Governments, Government agencies or international/multinational agencies like United Nations Organisation (UNO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank etc.
Officials of Central and State Governments and public sector undertaking deputed abroad on assignments with foreign Government/agencies/organisations or posted to their own offices (including Diplomatic Missions) abroad.

You can maintain an account with banks that are authorised dealers (i.e., those who can deal in foreign exchange) and those which have been authorised in this behalf by the Reserve Bank of India. You can maintain accounts in rupees as well as foreign currency. Foreign currency accounts can be maintained with authorised dealers only. Click here for more information on bank
accounts.

I
want to invest in India; what are the possibilities?

For NRIs/ PIOs/ OCBs there
are broadly two categories of investments - repatriable
(investments than can be taken back) and non-repatriable
(investments that cannot be redeemed). Repatriable investments
allow for investment upto 100% equity by NRIs in specified
industries and also cover portfolio investments. Equity
investment upto 100% is also permissible for non-repatriable
investments. Click here
for a complete list of investment avenues available to
NRIs.

I want
to return to India..

News for NRIs
Subsidies to returning NRIs from Germany -The DEG - German Investment
and Development Company grants project-tied funding and consolidation
subsidies. Click here for details.

Welcome back! There are many
facilities available to returning NRIs that will safeguard your investment
interests. Returning Indians, who return to India after a continuous
stay abroad of one year and above, can retain their foreign currency
bank accounts abroad and hold, transfer or dispose of their other
foreign currency assets. These funds/ assets should have been earned
through employment, business or vocation outside India taken up or
commenced while they were resident outside India. No permission is
required from RBI as long as conditions of general exemption are satisfied.
NRIs can enjoy complete freedom with utilisation of these assets.
Click here to see all the facilities
available to returning Indians. NRIs can also repatriate these assets
and maintain these in India with a separate identity. Click
here for details on resident foreign currency accounts.